MAA vs. SUI, ESS, UDR, ELS, CPT, EQR, AVB, HST, AMH, and DOC
Should you be buying Mid-America Apartment Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mid-America Apartment Communities include Sun Communities (SUI), Essex Property Trust (ESS), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), and Healthpeak Properties (DOC).
Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) and Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) are both large-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sun Communities. Mid-America Apartment Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has a net margin of 25.73% compared to Mid-America Apartment Communities' net margin of 4.40%. Sun Communities' return on equity of 8.74% beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' return on equity.
Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Sun Communities pays out 329.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays out 124.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sun Communities has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Mid-America Apartment Communities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Mid-America Apartment Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Sun Communities presently has a consensus price target of $141.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.56%. Mid-America Apartment Communities has a consensus price target of $143.18, indicating a potential upside of 12.30%. Given Mid-America Apartment Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than Mid-America Apartment Communities.
99.6% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sun Communities has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mid-America Apartment Communities has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mid-America Apartment Communities received 109 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.19% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Mid-America Apartment Communities an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sun Communities had 1 more articles in the media than Mid-America Apartment Communities. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sun Communities and 8 mentions for Mid-America Apartment Communities. Mid-America Apartment Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Sun Communities' score of 1.24 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sun Communities and Mid-America Apartment Communities tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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